Yankee PROse October 2019

Yankee PROse Official Quarterly Publication of the

Fall 2019

U n i t e d S t a t e s P r o f e s s i o n a l Te n n i s A s s o c i a t i o n N e w E n g l a n d D i v i s i o n

• World Conference Highlights • Fall arrives in New England • Exciting New Articles • 2020 Proposed Slate of Officers • What’s Happening in our Division?

• Welcome New Members Visiting our web site usptanewengland.com has never been easier.

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Presidents Message Fall 2019 Dear USPTA New England Members, Summer has left us, fall is here and winter is near, with all the outdoor courts closing at the end of the season and the leaves already changing color to drop.

This past month some of our members attended the USPTA World Conference and the meetings of the national board at the Westgate Resort in Las Vegas.

Next year’s convention is back in New Orleans, and then in 2021 it returns to Las Vegas. Our joint regional convention with USPTA Eastern will be in Newport, Rhode Island, next May 1 and 2.

The next upcoming event is the 2019 USTA New England Tennis Weekend on November 15–16 at the Boston Marriott Newton in Newton, MA. (USPTA members earn 6 credits if you attend both days.)

By the time you read this, the new slate of officers for the 2020 Board will have been announced. We have made real progress this year in advancing the 5 Core Pillars of the USPTA: • Enhancing the education of USPTA pros – Remember that time is running out to earn your required education credits to maintain your membership • Increasing membership – By expanding our offerings to pickleball and paddle tennis, and with the incorporation of USPTR members, we have grown considerably.

• Financial soundness – By offering more programs and strengthening ties with allied organizations, we keep our financials strong.

• Developing stronger relationships with allies and partners – We are now the only tennis teaching organization to earn accreditation with the USTA. • Reaching out to more underserved and diverse populations – Our programs with Special Olympics, wheelchair tennis, and autism outreach are bringing in more connections.

Everything we do is made possible by our state presidents and our board of directors. I want to thank you for all the hard work you do.

One upcoming program I want to make you aware of is Racquetfit – we will be holding certification sessions in Fairfield, Connecticut, in December and in Boston next April. This is a great program to help individual players enhance their technical skills and to find the most efficient way to play tennis.

Finally, I want to thank all the members for everything you do to keep USPTA New England going strong. Let’s finish this fantastic year on a high note!

Michael L. Mercier USPTA New England President

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President Michael L. Mercier 978-273-6500 mercier@fas.harvard.edu Regional Vice President Chris Stevens 603-969-2648 stevens10spro@gmail.com Treasurer Patricio Misitrano 305-766-9369 patricio.misitrano@gmail.com Secretary Nancy Lally 203-834-9475 tnsprolally@gmail.com Vice President Chantalle Arsenault 207-xxx-xxxx

cjlavert@gmail.com Vice President Mike Kolendo 413-374-9738

m_kolendo@charter.net Vice President Jennifer Callen Beveridge 617-834-9475

jenncallen@yahoo.com Immediate Past President Phil Parrish 508-358-7355 lftennisdirector@hotmail.com Head Tester Wayne Turner 401-862-6801 wayne.turner54@icloud.com Executive Director Hans Römer 207-310-8656 hans.romer@uspta.org

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Sharing Memories The 2019 USPTA World Conference in Las Vegas, NV was exteremely well attended!

Learning, meeting, networking and yes, even a little gambling kept nearly 1,000 professionals busy for 5 days. Thanks to all New Englanders for making the trip out West. Also, thanks to USPTA National Stafgf for such an awsome event! See you all in New Orleans, LA next year!

Congrats to Len Simartd for receiving the USPTA Manager of the Year Small Facility Award

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Learning To Be Great B y B r i a n L o m a x , M . E d . , U S P TA

“I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” ~ Michael Jordan This quote from Michael Jordan is familiar to most sports fans, and it highlights his understanding that failing is part of the journey toward success.

It is part of the learning process.

Without failure there can be no success. And even though the majority of this quote is about failure, how do we remember Michael Jordan? We remember the game winning shots, the numerous championships and the many great performances. But this isn’t just about failure leading to success. It’s deeper than that. It’s about perseverance, grit, and loving pressure. Michael Jordan wasn’t afraid to fail in the big moment. He played to win, and he played with no regrets. He loved the pressure moments.

And he loved those moments even though there was a risk of failure. Perhaps the fact that there was a risk of failure is what actually made those moments special.

A few years ago, I asked a group of young tennis players what they thought the mindset of the top pros was in pressure situations.

I was asking this question because in my experience about 80% of these young athletes feared the critical pressure moments of a match, and so I wanted to see if they had observed different behavior in the sport’s best. The answer I heard from one young player was remarkable. He said, “the top players see pressure as an opportunity to prove themselves.”

I was impressed by the remarkable depth of his response, and asked him if I could quote him on that because he was right on.

“The top players in the world don’t fear pressure moments; they embrace them” The top players in the world don’t fear pressure moments; they embrace them.

They understand the risks and they enjoy them because that’s what competition is all about.

Whether they experience success or failure in that moment, it’s an opportunity to learn about themselves and further their skills as a competitor. And if they do fail, they won’t quit.

They won’t see themselves as losers or failures.

They will persevere and try again.

There is a Japanese proverb that says, “Fall seven times, rise eight.” On first reading, it sounds like it’s about resilience. But there’s actually more to it. It speaks to the fact that we actually need to fail a number of times before we can even understand how to succeed. So it’s about resilience and enlightenment. How cool is that?

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To become a great competitor, you have to want to experience these moments or else you’ll never approach your full potential. You will be denying yourself a tremendous learning opportunity. In an interview from the 2012 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic said, “Rafa and Roger have been the most dominant players in the last seven or eight years in our tennis. It was very hard to take the titles away from them, because the minimum they play semifinals in each major, so they don’t give you the titles. You have to earn it, and they made me a better player, and so I’m definitely grateful for that.”

Young athletes don’t like making mistakes and they certainly don’t like losing. And because of that, they often play it safe or conservatively.

They may even stop playing tennis because they don’t like the feeling of losing. As tennis coaches, we have to let them know it’s okay to lose and that it’s okay to make mistakes. We all need to go through that in order to learn.

When learning a new skill, players may avoid trying it in competition for fear of it not working, and then feeling like they are bad players because they are losing. Unfortunately, when you focus on avoiding mistakes, you generally make more mistakes, so this approach often becomes self-defeating.

In order to help these players, we have to encourage risk taking, and when they inevitably make a mistake, discuss the mistake in the context of learning and getting better.

Tennis is like a giant laboratory for learning.

We try things out, see what works and doesn’t work, and try again. Eventually, we get it and then we move on to the next skill. It never stops.

Sounds a lot like the rest of life, doesn’t it? If we can make this learning process tolerable and maybe even enjoyable, we can help create many more great competitors.

“Tennis is like a giant laboratory for learning”

Brian Lomax is an expert mental skills trainer, competitive tennis player, and USPTA Professional. He is also the author of The Mentally Tough Competitor: Mindsets and Perspectives to Achieve Excellence. His students include locally and nationally ranked junior players as well as a number of Division 1 college sports teams. To learn more about Brian and his services, visit http://www.performancextra.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PerformanceXtra

USPTA New England Facility wins National Award!

The New Canaan Racquet Club, located in New Canaan, CT was recognized as the top small facility in the nation at the United States Professional Tennis Association’s annual World Conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 25, 2019.

Professionals

from around the country and the world gathered to honor the best of the best. New Canaan Racquet Club General Manager, Len Simard was on hand to accept the award, representing the New Canaan Racquet Club and USPTA/NE division.

The club was nominated by

Steve O’Connell, USPTA/NE State President-CT, after conducting two USPTA New England events at the club with the General Manger and staff.

NCRC is truly a beautiful, successful, and well managed facility.

Pros get training at USPTA Professional Development Workshop USPTA/NE professional, Steve O’Connell attended a USPTA PD Workshop which highlighted developing effective leaders that look beyond simply teaching stokes and strategies. The purpose of the 4-hour workshop is to provide coaches/instructors with information, feedback and tools they can use to improve their effectiveness at leading players and teams to their best performance. Several USPTA professionals, including USPTA/E President, Geoff Jadgfeld, were on hand for the day. The event took place at Lifetime Athletic Club West Harrison, NY on July 20, 2019. Each attendee earned 2.0 continuing educational credits.

Left to right: Brian Doval-Founding Partner-Think First Serve, Nik Hummel, Robert Ferrante, Farhad Roshanaie, Jackie Clark, Geoffrey Jagdfeld, Justyna Wereszka, Frank Tsui, Steve O’Connell, Ron Dyson, Tom Hardman and Gary Kushnirovich.

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We are family! All my brothers sisters and me!

Our testers Wayne, Doug, Patricio and Steve have been extremely busy this Summer and welcomed many new members to our USPTA New England family recently. We would like to introduce you to some of them. Welcome again to all those great tennis professionals that have joined our great association.

Madeline Allaire is a 23-years-old from Columbus, Ohio. She recently accepted the role as Head Tennnis Coach for Salem State Uinversity.

Madeline started playing tennis in middle school and absolutely fell in love. Ever since then, tennis has always been a big part of Madeline's life. In high school she played in numerous USTA tournaments and began coaching. In 2016 Madeline moved to Massachusetts for school at Salem State University where she played NCAA Varsity Tennis for three years. Madeline was a two-time MVP and Captain and won First Team Conference in Doubles and Singles during her senior season going undefeated in singles in the Little East conference.

Over the past four years Madeline has been teaching tennis to people of all ages at Bass River Tennis Club. Madeline recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Salem State University with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Athletic Training. Madeline now lives in Salem, Massachusetts and work at Bass River Tennis Club and Beverly Athletic Club. Her most recent tennis goal is to make it to a USTA National Tournament with one of the USTA Leagues that I play in.

This is her bucket list: • • • • •

Drive across the United States Learn how to do a perfect cartwheel Develop an easy-to-use biomechanics feedback app for tennis instruction Become a licensed massage therapist Go to the new USTA National Campus in Orlando, FL

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Michael Lauretano is three time division two High School state champion. Played for Endicott College in Beverly, MA from 2011 to 2015 (Division 3). Tennis Pro - Naschawtuc Country Club Summer 2011, Bear Hill Country Club Summers 2012-15.

Full time Tennis Pro at Winchester Indoor Lawn Tennis Center September 2017-current.

Goals: Maintain students as a private tennis coach while becoming a tennis administrator.

Things on his bucket list are: 1. Travel (Tokyo #1) 2. Keep improving as a Player and Coach 3. Attend all Grand Slam Finals 4. Continue to work with students of all ages and ability levels 5. Own and Operate a Tennis Club

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Busy Summer testing all over New England

Portsmouth, RI USPTA Test with Wayne Turner

Darien, CT

USPTA Test with Patricio Misitrano & Steve O’Connell

Boston, MA USPTA Test with Doug Eng

Quality over Quantity with a “Less is More” Style

By Martin Borras, USPTA People know Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vermont as a premier New England destination resort in a majestic mountain setting. Topnotch Tennis Academy has a unique approach to tennis programming and is always evolving to meet clients’ needs and expectations. They consistently strive to improve their programs based on the feedback they receive from guests and local members.

A few bullet points are given to the students which focus more on timing and positioning of ground strokes instead of correcting some supposed technical flaw.

The end goal is to improve the students’ strengths and ability to self-coach.

Consider using a “Less is More” approach to your tennis programs, and you will soon see your students having more fun and returning again and again.

This doesn’t always mean adding or giving more. Over the past several summers, Topnotch has changed the Academy structure.

For instance, the morning Academy was shortened from one 3-hour Academy running from 9am-12pm to two 2-hour Academies running from 8-10am and 10-12pm. This allows for early-risers to get that all important morning jump start, and those more leisurely players who arrive around 9:00am, there is now the additional hour from 9-10am to get themselves to the courts.

The Topnotch Tennis Academy program is based more on fast paced dynamic movement instead of technical correction. Their “Less is More” approach to coaching focuses on easy to understand strategic instruction versus constant technical feedback.

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Inaugural USPTA NEW ENGLAND Pickleball Committee Convened The USPTA/NE Division has created its first ever Pickleball Committee. The purpose of the committee is to favorably position the division within the Racquet Sports Industry for the increasing participation of players and professionals in the fastest growing sport in the United States and beyond. It has been estimated that there will be 5 million plus players in the next 3-4 years. We will be ready!

Committee Members at this time are: Steve O’Connell, CT ~ Chairman Kevin Pease, MA Wayne St. Peter, ME Phil Hayman, MA

Interested in serving on this committee?

Please contact: Steve O’Connell 203-895-3655 steveoconnellrs@gmail.com

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USPTA 29th ANNUAL FREE LESSON The general public was treated to FREE tennis instruction

by USPTA professionals at the Oracle Challenger Series ATP-WTA Professional Tennis Tournament in New Haven, CT on September 8, 2019. This was the 29th Annual FREE Lesson conducted by USPTA pros at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University.

Many thanks to USPTA/NE Pro and USTA-CT President, Angelo Rossetti as well as USPTA Pro and Oracle Challenger Series Tournament Director, Tom Fey, for their efforts and cooperation in continuing our FREE Lesson another year!

USPTA pros, Steve O’Connell (event chair), Skip South, were on hand to keep the lessons on track. Plans are underway for an historic 30th year event in 2020!

USPTA PROS share a moment with Oracle Challenger Series fans at the USPTA FREE Lesson.

Far Left: Steve O’Connell, Second from left: Niles Lablang, Third from right: Richard Butler, Far Right: Skip South Yankee PROse October 2019

“Pressure is a Privilege”

by Nancy Joy Lally

USPTA New England Board of Directors :: Intensity Tennis Academy :: Varsity Quest Program Director

Each summer, I choose, with the players approval, a competitive team shirt for USTA Junior Team Tennis Annual Connecticut State Championships. Yes, it’s that big of a deal. We work so hard and play tough tennis, all Fall, Winter and Spring to qualify for State Championships. And when we get there each year, one of our missions is to look sharp and ready for battle!

This past coaching year, I got on a Billie Jean King kick, “liking” her posts of facebook, going to see her speak at the WTCA Annual Conference in NYC, and making comments to her on her facebook page. I happen to be friends with a lot of her friends from back in the day, (1968-1978) when they all played the US OPEN at the Westside Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, NY. I “borrowed” Billie Jean’s unstoppable enthusiasm to inspire my juniors to make goals and reach for them, that anything is possible. And in JTT in local track, where we play any gender against any gender, as a girl, to definitely consider it a privilege to play a strong high school boy player, for instance. The challenge works both ways, but guaranteed fun, experience and an on court spirited atmosphere, the players flourish, both socially, competitively and respectfully. It’s a win-win decision to play USTA Junior Team Tennis, unquestionably.

“New England USTA Junior Team Tennis, by the way, is ranked 4th in numbers of teams and players in the nation of the 17 sections!”

For years, we housed some of the players back then, who helped Billie Jean, pioneer equal pay for women in professional tournaments. These many players are still my lifelong friends and friends of Billie’s as well. So Billie has been a role model for me since day one on the tennis court. I copied her backhand volley from various pictures taped to the walls of my bedroom, while growing up. I reveled in her footwork, her passion and true grit on the court, in each match she played. She was always fired up - there was always “good” drama!

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After re-reading her book, Pressure is a Privilege, energized me even more than I am anyway, to fire up my juniors the way she does to everyone she speaks with. There is an infections tone of voice and enthusiasm in all she says. The stories and experiences, she tells, with such humor and respectful sarcasm, single her out as totally what she is known and respected for, the true “pioneer of women’s tennis.”

Her words of wisdom and inspirational advice, fuel my already fired up coaching style to instruct with even more unmatched passion.

Billie lived her professional career under pressure, battling her way to number 1 in the world, to beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes event in 1973, just to name a few.

It was an intensely battled Connecticut State Championships in all age groups, and our H i g h - P e r f o r m a n c e Te a m e a r n e d t h e opportunity to travel and compete at the New England Sectional Championships a few weeks later to the classic New England, Smith College, to battle for a birth to JTT Nationals.

This last team standing, faced an unimaginable amount of adversity at the tournament, handled it with maturity, battled the challenge, falling only a few games short, with every teammate, playing to their fullest capacity. We were definitely the standouts, with the most spirit of all the teams! Players, coaches and parents complimented our shirts, realizing that they were dedicated to one of the GOAT women players, Billie Jean King.

“After coining the phrase, “Pressure is a Privilege”, Billie Jean King’s tutelage and beliefs, empower anyone to challenge pressure - the ability to have the opportunity to compete in any walk of life, gives us one of the most cherished and valuable privileges in life.”

So, after firing up and educating my USTA JTT Connecticut State Championship teams all summer, about Billie Jean King, I decided to make the team shirt, honoring her and her famous quote in her favorite color, I might add!

The kids felt great, looked great in their team shirts and truly expressed positivity about honoring a true pioneer, a G.O.A.T., trailblazer, title nine and equal rights activist, and an icon in women’s tennis, all sports and life in general.

This story isn’t about our results - but the fact that all 4 of our Intensity teams, donned in their tribute attire, felt empowered and performed better than the INTENSITY coaches expected!

We poured our hearts and souls into the tournament and lived on the fact that “pressure is a privilege” indeed, as we were grateful for the opportunity to test ourselves.

One of our junior boys won the sportsmanship award and two others were nominated. That in itself was a true victory for the team. That we are recognized for the most important thing at a huge team tournament. Sportsmanship. Billie Jean would be proud!

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A team sportsmanship wasn’t awarded, but I, myself, awarded one to the Intensity 14s High Performance Team. I could not have been a more proud coach after witnessing how much respect, camaraderie, belief, passion and hunger, a bunch of the coolest and most impressive 13 and 14 year old players contributed towards the team in the face of adversity. I am still wowed by our players.

Life lesson, no doubt.

“And we represented the empowerment of a true legend, all the more! Thanks, Billie Jean King, for all you continue to do for not only girls and women’s tennis, but for everyone, everywhere!

Pressure, indeed, is a privilege!”

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New England Tennis Weekend 2019 Schedule & Agenda Friday, November 15 11:30-1:30pm

On-court Sessions at Longfellow Wayland

How to Run an Effective Practice & Introducing Youth Players to Team Competition 2:00-2:30pm

Registration

2:30-3:30pm

Tennis in the Parks: Utilizing Public Courts to Grow the Game Scott Laakso, Chair of the National Parks Committee

3:45-4:45pm

Let Tennis Management Tools Do the Work for You

5:00-6:15pm

Be a Champion for Diversity in any Industry

Heather Hawkes, Senior Manager of Events & Ratings, USTA National Campus

Keynote Speaker Renee Tirado, Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Gucci

Networking Reception and Dinner

6:15-8:30pm

Saturday, November 16 7:00-8:00am

Breakfast

8:00-9:15am

Bring the Disney Magic to the Tennis Courts Rafael Rivera, Guest Experience Manager, USTA National Campus

9:30-10:30am

Safeguarding your Facilities through Athlete Welfare Lauren Kittelstad Tracy, Director, Strategic Initiatives, USTA

10:45-11:45am

12:00-1:30pm

If you Build it, Will they Come?

USTANE Marketing Team

A New Day for Junior Play: Changes to Junior Tournaments

Shawna Fors, Player Development Manager, USTANE

Lunch and USTA NE Awards Ceremony

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The Islands and Eastern MA were hopping with tennis this summer!

By Jennifer Callen Beveridge USPTA

On Martha’s Vineyard, Paul Pertile and his amazing staff continued to have game nights for adults, including “105” and cardio tennis, in addition to round robins with cookouts for the kids. After thirty plus years of running the Edgartown Yacht Club tennis programs, Paul strongly believes that his members want “structured play” so he has worked hard to provide these experiences and continues to fill the courts day and night. Most recently, the first two permanent pickle ball courts were installed on the island and now the Yacht Club has the opportunity to host Pickle Ball round robins, clinics and even hosted their first tournament this summer! In the community, Edgartown Yacht club instructors volunteer their time to coach the High School tennis team. Thanks to Paul and his staff for giving back!

Located just 26 miles from Cape Cod, the island of Nantucket was booming with business as usual. Tina Hoskins-Burney and the Tennis Loft, along with the Jetties Tennis programs gave more than 3000 tennis lessons to kids and adults within 6 weeks! Looking ahead to this f a l l , t h e Annual Columbus Day weekend tennis tournament held at the Westmoor Club will benefit the Community Parks and Recreation.

Platform tennis, pickle ball and squash will also be in full swing this fall.

For the first time, the Callen Tennis program hosted its first ever middle school summer tennis program at the Concord-Carlisle High School tennis courts in July. The program offers part and full scholarships to underprivileged children who wouldn’t have the opportunity to play tennis otherwise.

The Bass River Club is now using technology to replace scorecards and lots more! Check it out on Bass River’s website: www.bassrivertennisclub.com.

Most recently, the Manchester Athletic Club has started to organize UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) matches to allow more competitive opportunities that are levelbased to provide “better matches- across age and gender”.

The UTR is the global system that rates every tennis player regardless of age, gender or nationality on a 16-point scale.

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State Presidents Do you have any interesting news, cool pictures or other highlights that you would like to share? Please contact your State President. If you need any assistance with your membership, upgrading or educational requirements don’t hesitate to reach out to us as well.

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Northern Maine Wilbur Shardlow shardlowtennis@roadrunner.com

Vermont Milan Kubala milan@topnotchresort.com Southern Maine Lisa Wilcott metennis@comcast.net

New Hampshire Dick Lane rlaneii@comcast.net Massachusetts Stuart Lehr stuartklehr@gmail.com

Rhode Island Nestor Barnabe nestortennis@gmail.com Connecticut Steve O’Connell steveoconnellrs@gmail.com

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How blessed are we that we have one of the four Grand Slams in our own backyard? USPTA New England Board member Nancy Lally brought her camera and snapped some great pictures this year!

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From: Paul Coorssen / Election Monitor USPTA New England Division RE: 2020 New England Division’s Slate of Officers Dear USPTA Certified Tennis Professional: Please find, listed below, the Nominating Committee’s proposed slate of officers for the 2020-21 New England Division of USPTA’s Board. Per our Division’s bylaws, I’m forwarding the slate to our membership and calling for further nominations. To oppose the slate, a candidate must obtain at least ten (10) nominations from New England Division active members. All nominations must be received by the Election Monitor at the above email address by October 20, 2019. Candidates should also email the Election Monitor clarifying which position they are challenging. A brief bio is also required.

Please note that, in accordance with our bylaws, the President and the Regional Vice President positions may not be challenged.

For convenience, Section 4 of the New England Division’s bylaws, pertaining specifically to the nomination process are provided below: Section 4. Nominations and election of Board of Officers.

The Board of Officers will be elected every two years by the Division membership. The election will be held as follows: Nominations will be made at least eight (8) weeks before the election by their Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee will propose a complete slate of officers and forward this slate to a person (or persons) designated by the Executive Board of Officers as the “Nomination Monitor(s).” At least seven (7) weeks before the election, the Nomination Monitor(s) will mail to the membership the Nominating Committee's slate of officers and call for further nominations. At least five (5) weeks before the election the nominations from the membership must be received by the Nomination Monitor(s), who will thereupon add to the ballot the names of those persons who receive the greatest number of nominations from the membership. Except as provided below, only one (1) nominee per office will be added to those persons nominated by the Nominating Committee and the names added will have received the most number of nominations from the membership. A nominee added to the ballot must receive nominations from at least ten (10) members. Nominees for the positions of President and the delegate to the Executive Committee may not be challenged. In the event two proposed nominees receive the same number of votes, the proposed nominee that has the highest number of continuing education points shall be added to the ballot. In the event, the proposed nominees remain tied, the choice shall be both names will be added to the ballot.

In the event the nominees remain tied after counting the number of continuing education points, the names of the nominees so tied, shall each be added to the ballot. Thereafter, at least four (4) weeks before the election, the Nominating Monitor(s) will send out the ballots to the members. The ballots will then be returned to a Counting Committee, which will be appointed by the Executive Board of Officers. If the results of the ballot remained tied, the nominee presented by the Nominating Committee shall be declared the winner.

2020-2021 Slate: President - Patricio Misitrano Treasurer - Chris Stevens Vice President Lisa Wilcott Vice President - Milan Kubala

Regional Vice President - Mike Kolendo Secretary - Christen Zawatsky Vice President - Christy Bennett Immediate Past President - Mike Mercier

If no challenges are received, the proposed slate will become the new Board of Officers on January 12, 2020.

Respectfully, Paul Coorssen Election Monitor New England Division, USPTA USPTANEelection@gmail.com

2020 Proposed Calendar of Activities USPTA New England Division Month

Dates

Event

Facility

Location

February

TBD

TBD

ITHOF

Newport, RI

March March

6-9 TBD

APTA Nationals Various High School Coaches Conf. Various

Darien, CT 6 different States

May

May 1-2

Annual Spring Conference

TBA

TBA

May

19

DOT Conference/Fairwest

Wee Burn CC

Darien, CT

June

TBD

Educational Day

Chelsea Piers

Stamford, CT

June

TBD

“Battle of the Pros”

Wee Burn CC

Darien, CT

July

TBD

HP Seminar

ITHOF

Newport, RI

July

TBD

“Free Lesson Days”

ITHOF

Newport, RI

August

TBD

College Showcase

Harvard

Boston, MA

September

TBD

Educational Event

TBD

New Haven, CT

September

TBD

“Free Lesson Days”

Yale

New Haven, CT

October

TBD

“Bash of the Mansion”

Newport T&F

Newport, RI

November

14-15

USTA NE Tennis Weekend

Marriott

Newton, MA

December

TBD

Educational Day

TBD

NH

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